According to the Daily Mail article the police are supplying Shomrim with uniforms and training, first question who is paying for this? The second is have these police wannabes been vetted to ensure they have no connections to foreign intelligence agencies?

If British people would impersonate police officers, the following law would be applied to them:

Police Act 1996 s 90 created offences relating to the impersonation of a police officer:

(1) Any person who with intent to deceive impersonates a member of a police force or special constable, or makes any statement or does any act calculated falsely to suggest that he is such a member or constable, shall be guilty of an offence and liable on summary conviction to imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months or to a fine not exceeding level 5 on the standard scale, or to both.

(2) Any person who, not being a constable, wears any article of police uniform in circumstances where it gives him an appearance so nearly resembling that of a member of a police force as to be calculated to deceive shall be guilty of an offence and liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 3 on the standard scale.

(3) Any person who, not being a member of a police force or special constable, has in his possession any article of police uniform shall, unless he proves that he obtained possession of that article lawfully and has possession of it for a lawful purpose, be guilty of an offence and liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 1 on the standard scale.

“Michael Scher standing in front of a Hatzola ambulance at the scene of a hit and run in Stamford Hill”

Shomrim NW London held their annual Chanukah party on Monday night at Od Yosef Chai Hall. One of the highlights was the unveiling of the patrol vehicle. To highlight Shomrim’s co-operation with the police, the car also carries the message ‘Working in partnership with the Metropolitan Police – MPS Barnet’.

In 2013 the Shomrim NW London Hotline had over 3200 calls to incidents in Golders Green and Hendon alone. Shomrim NW London are now trying to reduce the calls and crime by acting pro-actively rather than reactively. It is hoped that the patrol vehicle will assist in this area, by acting as a visual deterrent, so that potential criminals are aware that there is a security presence in the area. The vehicle will be driven by Shomrim volunteers during the week and by a non-Jew over Shabbos.